Missing
Scott Anthony Sartain
Sartain, approximately 2007; Alejandro Orona; Kelly Munn
Date and time person was reported missing : 09/06/2007
Missing location (approx) :
Arlington, Texas
Missing classification : Endangered Missing
Gender : Male
Ethnicity :
White
DOB : 02/07/1968 (53)
Age at the time of disappearance: 39 years old
Height / Weight : 5'8, 175 pounds
Medical conditions : Sartain is an insulin-dependent diabetic and has nerve damAge at the time of disappearance: in his left hand. He also has a history of methamphetamine abuse.
Distinguishing characteristics, birthmarks, tattoos
: Caucasian male. Brown hair, blue eyes. Sartain has a scar on his face. He may wear a goatee or may go clean-shaven. He sometimes wears prescription eyeglasses. He has tattoos of tribal imAge at the time of disappearance: s and alien creatures with big eyes and bald heads across his entire upper body.
Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : Sartain was last seen in Arlington, Texas on September 6, 2007. He has never been heard from again.
He was homeless and unemployed at the time of his disappearance and sometimes traveled out of the state, and it wasn't unusual for him to drop out of sight for weeks or months at a time, so he wasn't reported missing until January 2008. Four months after his disappearance, one of his associates told police he was missing and may have been killed.
In October 2008, Kelly Munn and Alejandro Orona were indicted for Sartain's murder. Photographs of the defendants are posted with this case summary.
Investigators believe Sartain was beaten to death in a room behind a garAge at the time of disappearance: at a residence in the 1900 block of Ridgeway Street. Witnesses saw Orona and Munn beat and tie up Sartain, and then the witnesses became frightened and left the residence.
Two of the witnesses never returned, but one did and said he smelled decaying flesh in the room where Sartain had been held, and saw Orona and Munn mopping the floor. The men allegedly told the witness they'd dismembered Sartain's body and disposed of it at an unknown location. They also cut Sartain's Grand Prix into small pieces and sold the pieces to a scrap-metal business.
Authorities believe Munn and Orona became angry and killed Sartain because he forged a check that led to the arrest of another individual.
Orona and Munn were both convicted of Sartain's murder, in spite of their attorneys' claims that there was no evidence Sartain was even dead. Orona was sentenced to life in prison and Munn to 99 years. Foul play is suspected in Sartain's case due to the circumstances involved.
Other information and links : ncy
Texas Department of Public Safety
800-346-3243
September 2021 updates and sources
Texas Department of Public Safety
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram
October 12, 2004. April 19, 2014, Medical conditions : and Information on the case from local sources, may or may not be correct : updated.
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